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DePIN project Grass has announced an investment from Multicoin Capital's hedge fund and venture fund. The amount and round were not disclosed. The project uses crypto incentives to encourage users to share idle network bandwidth, providing AI labs with public internet data querying, parsing, and real-time retrieval services.
According to Reuters citing insiders, prediction market platform Kalshi is in advanced talks with existing and new investors to raise approximately $1 billion in a new funding round. Participants include Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group, while Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management may lead the round.
OpenAI launches the GPT-6.1 Sol model and Dots autonomous agents, with annual recurring revenue nearing $70 billion. Meanwhile, NVIDIA seeks insurers to help share financing risks for AI chips, while India plans to invest $25 billion to support domestic deep tech startups.
Odaily News: Prediction market operator Kalshi is in negotiations for a $1 billion funding round at a target valuation of $40 billion. Existing investors Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management are in discussions to lead the round, with Tiger Global and Dragoneer Investment Group also participating in talks.The funding round has not yet been finalized, and the final list of investors and closing date have not been disclosed. Kalshi raised $300 million at a $5 billion valuation in October 2025, and completed a $1 billion funding round at a $22 billion valuation in May 2026.The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Kalshi on September 25 in lawsuits involving Ohio and Tennessee, allowing the two states to regulate its sports contracts under gambling laws. Kalshi argues that its products are regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Bitcoin.com News)
OpenAI is seeking a new $30 billion funding round, with a valuation that could reach $1.4 trillion, an increase of over 60% from its previous valuation. CEO Sam Altman stated that the timing for a 2026 public listing is inappropriate, and the IPO has been delayed until 2027.
OpenAI announced plans for a new round of massive funding, targeting $30 billion, with an expected post-money valuation of $1.4 trillion.
Odaily News: Jeeves Inc. has announced the completion of a $110 million Series C funding round, led by CoinFund, with participation from AllianceBernstein, Coinbase Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), among others. The company is a fintech firm and plans to use the funds to launch a stablecoin wallet and AI agents, as well as to provide instant payment services in more countries.
Bonk Guy stated on the X platform that PONS's current market sentiment may be at a long-term low, and compared it with PUMP: PONS's annualized revenue is approximately $156.8 million, with a market cap of about $375 million, corresponding to an annualized revenue multiple of approximately 2.39x; PUMP's annualized revenue is approximately $463.6 million, with a market cap of about $2.7 billion, corresponding to a multiple of approximately 5.82x.Bonk Guy said that PUMP is the leading Launchpad on Solana, while PONS is the leading Launchpad on Robinhood Chain; if Robinhood Chain continues to maintain market influence in the future, he believes PONS's current valuation is worth watching.
DeFi 研究员 Ignas 发文表示，自己原本担心代币经济学创新已经停滞，但事实并非如此。在经历一个周期的低流通量、高 FDV 代币发行后，加密行业正重新尝试新的代币机制，例如： 1、ZCAT 通过 3%转账税为持有者提供 ZEC 奖励； 2、BUN/Mosh 通过“Bundle Launch”让资金支持者分享交易手续费但无法提取 LP； 3、STONK 将手续费收入用于按市值加权回购并销毁排名前 15 的合规代币； 4、VVV/DIEM 允许质押 VVV 铸造 DIEM，再通过质押 DIEM 获得每日 AI 额度；5、ORBIO 则将交易手续费转化为质押者的 AI 额度； 6、BP 则要求质押至少 1 年以获得未来 IPO 股权转换资格，并根据项目增长里程碑决定代币供应解锁。 Ignas 认为，这些项目的共同点是尝试让代币不再只是融资工具，而是具备实际价值，不过也提醒社区许多机制仍依赖投机者持续交易，“投机”依然主导着加密市场。
Odaily News: Trading firm Raven has announced the completion of a strategic funding round at a $90 million pre-money valuation, with Coinbase Ventures and CMCC Global participating. Founded in 2023, Raven initially provided liquidity for crypto trading and expanded into prediction markets in the second quarter of 2025.
Odaily News: AI chip leasing company Nscale, which plans to go public, is relatively small and newly established. Although it has grown rapidly over the past year and has signed contract revenue comparable to that of veteran competitor CoreWeave, nearly all of its approximately $103 billion in contract commitments depend on data centers that have not yet been built, and some projects have not even raised all the construction funds they need. Nscale's previously submitted IPO filing shows that the company is seeking to pursue an IPO at a valuation of approximately $35 billion. (The Information)
Odaily reports: AI agent security startup Reco has announced the completion of a new $55 million funding round, an extension of its $30 million Series B round from February, with participation from AT&T's venture capital arm, Forestay, and Quadrille Capital. Following this round, the company's total funding has reached $140 million. (Techcrunch)
Odaily News — Multiple Bitcoin ventures associated with Bitcoin pioneer and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back have recently suffered a series of setbacks: the merger between BSTR Holdings, the Bitcoin treasury project he championed, and a SPAC under Cantor Fitzgerald has been terminated, with BSTR ordered to pay a $15 million breakup fee; Blockstream Mining, the Bitcoin mining operation he co-founded and in which he holds a minority stake, along with its partner Exacore, has faced multiple lawsuits following its spin-off from Blockstream, accused of owing equipment payments, electricity bills, and customer deposits, with related financing totaling approximately $2 billion; meanwhile, Liquid Network, the Bitcoin sidechain initiated by Blockstream, suffered a hack in which approximately 4,000 BTC were stolen, of which 3,400 have been returned, with the hacker still retaining approximately $47 million worth of Bitcoin. (Bloomberg)
AI real estate tech company EliseAI has announced the completion of a new $350 million funding round, reaching a valuation of $4 billion. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer Venture Partners, with existing investors Sapphire Ventures and Navitas Capital participating. This marks the company's fourth investment from a16z and Bessemer since 2023, coming just about 13 months after its previous $250 million Series E round.It is reported that EliseAI's software currently primarily provides automated home leasing, resident services, maintenance requests, and lease renewals, with its platform covering approximately one-sixth of apartments across the United States. The new funding will be used for product development and to expand EliseAI's engineering, deployment, and sales teams in North America. (Fortune)
According to CoinDesk, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has continued to climb, with some analysts forecasting it will reach 6% (it last hit this level in 2000). Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, emphasized that the drivers behind the yield increase are critical: if the rise stems from concerns over fiscal deficits and term premiums, investors may shift to alternative assets such as Bitcoin, constituting a bullish development; if it stems from the Federal Reserve resuming its rate-hiking cycle, it would repeat the 2022 scenario of Bitcoin plummeting 64%. Data shows that since the end of 2023, the 10-year yield has risen by 135 basis points to 5.23%, while Bitcoin’s price simultaneously doubled to around $86,000, validating the "decoupling" narrative between Bitcoin and Treasuries amid fiscal concerns. Dan Niles, founder of Niles Investment Management, also noted that the U.S. fiscal deficit accounts for approximately 6% of GDP. Coupled with tech giants undertaking large-scale fundraising that competes with Treasuries for the same pool of capital, yields will continue to be pushed higher.
Odaily News: UK-based Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company has received shareholder approval to launch MORE, the UK's first Bitcoin-backed preferred stock. In addition, the company expects to raise $20 million to $33 million through an IPO to purchase more Bitcoin and fund cash-flow-generating operating businesses. (Bitcoin Treasuries)
According to Chaoxiang Research, in a research report dated September 28, 2026, UBS noted that the S&P 500's forward P/E ratio has declined 17% from its November high last year, while the 10-year US Treasury yield has increased by approximately 100 basis points year-to-date to 5.2%, placing it roughly 80 basis points above its one-year moving average. Over the past four decades, the 10-year US Treasury yield has exceeded 1.5 standard deviations only seven times. Current market pricing implies that the Federal Reserve will implement rate hikes totaling approximately 88 basis points over the next year, falling just short of the 100-basis-point threshold. UBS maintains that the Fed's path of rate hikes will determine the direction of equity markets. Historical precedent indicates that when rate hikes surpass 100 basis points within a year, the S&P 500 yields negative returns after twelve months; conversely, following moderate rate hikes, the index averages a 17.7% gain over the same period. Current pricing more closely mirrors a moderate tightening scenario. The valuation model suggests an implied upside potential of roughly 21% for the S&P 500. In terms of asset allocation, investors are advised to focus on high-growth, low-valuation sectors, including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, refining, and diversified banks.
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service provider Blockchain.com plans to raise approximately $500 million this year through an initial public offering (IPO), targeting a valuation of $4 billion to $6 billion, and may scale back the offering size if necessary to complete the listing.Blockchain.com reached a $14 billion valuation in 2022 and confidentially filed IPO registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in May of this year. Recently listed Gemini, BitGo, and eToro have seen their share prices drop approximately 50% to 80% from post-listing highs. (Cointelegraph)
According to Bloomberg reports, cryptocurrency service platform Blockchain.com plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) this year, aiming to raise approximately $500 million.
Odaily News: On-chain analytics platform Nansen has launched a search feature covering over 200,000 wallets linked to mobile copy-trading app FOMO on Solana and Base, allowing users to query their holdings, trades, and profit or loss data. The feature also includes associated addresses that are not visible within the FOMO app interface; Nansen's database has now labeled over 500 million wallets.FOMO launched around May 2025 as a non-custodial copy-trading platform supporting multi-chain gas-free swaps. Since its launch, cumulative trading volume has reached billions of dollars, with weekly revenue hitting $264 million in 2026. It completed a $75 million Series B funding round in June, bringing total funding to approximately $94 million.